Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zürich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland.Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research and the Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena 07745, Germany.

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(A) Location of Dalheim and other monasteries discussed in the text. (B) Surviving stone architectural foundations of Dalheim’s Church of St. Peter and attached women’s monastery, shown in the circle (viewed from above and from the west). A modern building has been constructed on the site of the former cemetery. (C) Architectural plan showing the configuration of the church (black), the women’s monastery (light brown), and the location of the excavated portion of the cemetery (green). (D) Schematic view of the burial locations within the cemetery. The burial location of individual B78 is marked in green. Credit: C. Warinner.